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Arese: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Milano, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Giannetto Mattei 1, Arese.

Arese, from Alfa Romeo to leafy residential streets

For decades the name Arese meant Alfa Romeo, whose huge plant stood here on the border with Lainate and Garbagnate. The former factory site now hosts the Alfa Romeo Historical Museum and a large shopping centre, while the rest of the town, north-west of Milan, is mainly residential, with detached houses, small blocks of flats and plenty of green space near the Groane regional park.

Declared incomes are well above the metropolitan average. There is no railway station, though: public transport means buses, with 42 stops and 2 lines in the published timetables, and for trains people go to Rho or Garbagnate. Commuters to Milan often drive at least part of the way. The former Expo site, now the MIND innovation district, is a few kilometres away.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 19,515 residents in 2023, up 2.0% since 2011. The population is older than the metropolitan average: 28.4% are over 65 against 23.0%, and the average age is 47.7. Foreign residents make up 7.4%.

Schools (15), healthcare sites (16) and pharmacies (7) are all above the provincial rate per resident, and there are 6 parks and green areas.

Seismic hazard is minimal: zone 4, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.043 g, as in much of the Milan area, where 73 municipalities are in zone 4. The useful questions for a buyer lie elsewhere: the energy rating, the service charges (spese condominiali) and, for homes near former industrial land, what the local plan allows on the surrounding sites. The report starts from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps and checks any flood hazard for the address.

Key points

  • Former Alfa Romeo site, now a museum and shopping centre.
  • Buses only: 42 stops and 2 lines.
  • Over-65s at 28.4%, against 23.0% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.043 g.

Overview

Arese is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 19,515 residents, ranked 32 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Arese is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.043 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 2.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Arese declared an average taxable income of 39,475 euros, above the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Arese is in climate zone E, with 2,549 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 160 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Arese has 15 schools and 7 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 16 healthcare facilities, 18 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.

There are 0.5 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 42 public transport stops, served by 2 bus lines. That is about 2.2 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 50.1% of the land in Arese, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Arese is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Arese, and 10 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Arese: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Arese are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 85 inhabited census areas in Arese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.6%
  • good 84.7%
  • very good 11.6%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 015009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.